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Her name is Leymah Gbowee, a 2007 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Before coming to EMU, Gbowee emerged into the world spotlight when she and a brave group of ordinary women, mostly mothers, banded together to do the unimaginable – use nonviolent methods to confront Liberia’s despotic president Charles Taylor…
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“Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” a gripping film account of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for the African nation of Liberia, will be shown 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 in Lehman Auditorium at Eastern Mennonite University. Their leader, Leymah Gbowee, who organized the women and succeeded in pressuring those…
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Friday, Oct. 9 MR. GIBBS: All right. I don’t have a week ahead yet, but we will put it in the guidance that will go out a little bit later on this afternoon, so we’ll get a chance to do that then. Take us away. Q On the Nobel Prize, did anyone in the White…
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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Please, have a seat on this spectacular day here in the Rose Garden. I want to welcome all the doctors who gave joined us today at the White House. But there are a couple that I want to make special mention of. First of…
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Thursday, Oct. 1 THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Before I comment on today’s meeting in Geneva, I want to say a few words about the recent tragic events in the Pacific. On behalf of the American people, I want to once again extend my deepest condolences to the people of American Samoa and Samoa for the…
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I nearly missed hearing him. Attending the national speakers conference during a particularly complicated and challenging week, I decided to skip the luncheon in order to gain two hours to tackle mounting e-mails and deadline work. But a persistent inner voice reminded me that I should take advantage of the conference. After all, why had…
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Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello is joining with a group of fellow freshmen Members of Congress in pushing for key changes to the health care reform proposals currently in the House. The group is urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to adopt proposals, including deficit neutrality, interstate competition, tort reform, and…
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Monday, Sept. 28 MR. GIBBS: I have no announcements, so take us away. Q Thanks, Robert. Why does the President think a trip to Copenhagen is going to make that much difference? And what does he hope his appearance there will help? MR. GIBBS: Well, obviously, I think he hopes that he can make a…
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Last week, the Congress took an important action to protect seniors from increases in their 2010 Medicare Part B premiums. I joined with a bipartisan majority in the House to vote in favor of H.R. 3631, the Medicare Premium Fairness Act. With Social Security benefits expected to remain at the same level next year, an…
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Statements by President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Iranian nuclear facility: PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning. We are here to announce that yesterday in Vienna, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France presented detailed evidence to the IAEA demonstrating that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been…
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